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51ST YEAR —NO. 47
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1957
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FAUBUS CONFERENCE INDECISIVE
Prize Winners in Kingston Beard Contest   iEgypt Rejects  I    h«>m iniportant Discussion    irmvwnnr ^aiH
To Have Asked 'M Year's Delay
Winners in Kingston'* Brolher* of the Brush contest yesterday afternoon at Stegmaier Playground were: left to right. Willard Phillips, first prize In the LIncoln-typt class; Carl Schmitt, second prize; Bob Baird, second priz* in full
   	
beard class; Lewis Laughlin, Sr., first prize in the full beard class.
Additional Kingston Centennial pictures will be found on Page 1, Section 4. West Pittston Centennial pictures )lvlll ba found on Page 6, Section 2,—<Photo8 by Paul Bieley)
2 Centennial Events Enjoyed
Kavalcade Will B. Repeoted Twice
Pope Calls on Priests     jjiidge Orders To Abstain From Smoking ti^tanran^iinn
-Pope Pius XII. in .^peech l/CSCyrCyOllwll
In Arlington
Ruling Breaks Down Elaborate Barriers Set Up by Virginia
!    VATICAN CITY (IP)—Pope
imade public yesterday, urged members of Roman I Catholic religious orders to abstain from Bmokinjr, public vacations and extended "pleasure trips."
elimination of such "super-
The Pontiff told mem-*- "Pioneer and Ilomecom-bers   of   the   orders   that ing'   Day."   conclurled   thc olTicial' aclivitios   of   the f.^^^, ,^„^,^^., ^^„^ ^^^.^ ,,^„
Kinjr.stun  centennial  ann>-^a, n^cessarv as . symbol of ver^arv   Papeant   Week   vpsler-' ,    u      ,
day afternoon. All festivities,their priestly humility. c?ine lo a close as the nienihers: The papal admonition was of Ihe hrush and nkl-time resi-jmadp in a speech delivered last dents were honorerl However, -r,,^^^.,,, .. . „,,!,„..:_„ w--. .^ two more pprforman.es of thei^^^'^-'y  ^ " Rathcring hei^ t>f Kingston Kavalcade at Artillery leaders of the .Jesuit Order. Tt Park will be held tomorrow and;wa.s released by the Vatican yes Tuesday al R: !0 P. M. because ^pj^^y of two postponements last week,    -..'„ •    j .,,.     ,
due to inclement weather. I    The  Pope praised the Jesuits
The   highlifrht   of   yesterday's 'W the rigid discipline of their festivities   took   place   at   Sieg- order. He warned them against
at maier    Playground    when    the ^^ose   "who   would   pretend   to Brothers   of   the  Brush  contest  . _^ ... ..    . ,.
concluded.    Approximatelv   .300 destroy  religious  discipline  un- Kingstonians.  who with fastidi- der the hollow and abused name ous   care   nursed   a   beard   or of formalism" niu..tache. stood before a paneli^   j       j Examplea of  female  judges  to  be  ludged:    , ^, ,   .      ',     ,      ^    ^.,,
on the bases of the fullness,' The religious, tie Pontiff best type, most unusual, most told the Jesuits, "must not only repulsive, youngest and oldest.'with word but with example de- Lewis Laughlin .Sr.. H40 North dicate themselves to penitence." Maple Ave., received first prire; The Pope said meml>ers of r«- for the fullest beard. Second ,j^j(jus orders "must eliminate prize, went to Bob Baird of 11 ^jth courage all superficial arti-
¦ ""ll    ;¦      ,    . . cies" from their lives.
In the Lincoln fvpe category, „  i.    ^ _i     j
Willard Phillips of 232 Uthrop: _    Among  IJiese     he  d^rlared, St..   was   awarded   first   prize.'  must   be   included   the Carl Schmitt of 41,'? Elm St., re- tol^cco,   today   »o ceived second prire. i*nd indulged in."
Large Crowd Attends |    The Pope also aaid membew
took almost four|»'^'f»»<~« of**". "»l«>"ld not indulge in vacations outside their order houses without ex
54 Stores Open Monday Nights
Shop the "Family Way" Monday Nights in Down¬ town Wilkes-Barre.
Fifty-four stores are open eveiy Mon¬ day Night until 9 P.M.
The stores are open Thursday Nights, also.
West Germans Vote Today
Israeli Plea To End Strife
Nasser Aide Avers
Israel Preparing
New Aggressions
LONDON (LP) — Kgypt
ye.sterday rejected an  Is-
.Iracli plea to end the state
iof war between the two countries. Jhe Egyptians ac¬ cused Israel of preparing for new  aggression   in  the  Middle
.East.
The Israeli peace bid was turned   down    in   a   statement
jhere by Abdel Kader Hatem, in¬ formation   chief   m   the   regime
'of Egyptian President Gama Abdel Nasser.
Nasser's aide told ."iOO dele¬ gates from 49 nations at the London inter-parliamentary un¬ ion conference that "when Is¬ rael talks peace she means war ' When she offers friendship she IS preparing for aggression.'" Answers Hacohen (
Egypt was replying to an Is-i raeli appeal for peace with its| Arab neighbors that was de-l livered in London before the: same conference by Israeli Dele-' gate David Hacohen. j
The Israeli delegate had ap-, pealed "to our Arab neighbors! to allow the still and small voicej of peace to emerge from the din of tension and war prepara¬ tions."
The Egyptian statement came amid these other Middle East developments:
—Turkey accused two Rus¬ sians, including an assi.stant naval attache, of espionage and ordered them out of the country within 48 hours. The action foi-i lowed receipt of a blunt letter' from Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin warning Turkey to keep   its   hand.s   off  Turkey   or
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (lP)|ll'''^ ^''Xi?\ i^"^'^,
-Federal   District  .ludgei^J'lVvna'n^Snt ShukH e,
Albert V. Bryan yesterdayJKuwatly. in a radio broadcast, ordered the Arlington,'declared that Syria's "internal: Va., schools to admit sevenia"^ external situations are se-; Negro students by Wednesday,! f"i'p " H*" attacked Israel as Sept. 25. jthe   "gravest   threat"   to   Syria
The ruling, if not delayed by!and said his nation is prepared appeals,   will   break   down   Vir-i*<'    dpfend     'f     independence
FAUBUS
Negroes View Statements As Just 'Double-Talk'
LITTLE ROCK. Ark. (IP— Two of Arkansas' highest Ne¬ gro leaders said yesterday the statements of Gov. Orval E. Faubus and President Eisen¬ hower about their integration conference are "double-talk" and "vague and ambiguous."
U. S. .Sen. John L. McClel¬ lan (D) returning from a fish¬ ing trip at Hot Springs, Ark., said he could nor figure out what Faubus and the Presi¬ dent had decided.
"I am unable to tell from the statements just what oc¬ curred." he said "I do not know what can be expected."
"It was a lot of double-talk and the situation is still in a state of confusion," Mrs. L, C. Bates, president of the Arkan¬ sas chapter of the National Association for the Advance¬ ment of Colored People said,
"It (the situation) is still vague and ambiguous," Wiley Brant, the Pine Bluff l.iwycr who handled the origin.il i it¬ tle Rock integration suit, said.
"I haven't had a chance to analyze the statements, but there doesn't appear much to analyze. We will have to adopt a watch and wait atti¬ tude."
BONN, Germany (IP)— .,"f* *^jWest Germany's campaign wi<ie»pre«<i,jj^j.j.,^ roared to a stormy to
close   last   night
Judging hours and nearly ."5,000 specta tors watched as the competitors display with great pride their growth. Each competitor re¬ ceived a round of applause but when   the   spectators   were  noti
pleased with the hair-growing efforts of friends, they let him know with mild, but friendly hisses.
Irom the beard judging, many Kingstonians went to the Kings¬ ton House where Louis Leger and his committee, held a recep¬ tion for all former Kingstonians who returned from the Centen¬ nial celebrations.
A large tea table was decor¬ ated by Miss Anita Williams, vice chairman of the tea com¬ mittee. Music was provided by Howard Hallock. Former res- dents who now reside in New ¦York, New Jersey, Harrisbug, Pitt.sburgh and Connecticut were present.
Assisting with arrangements for the reception were B. W, Hankey, John B, Kennedy, J, S. Weisw, Willits Coleman, A. A. Fairchild, Dr. A. W. Grover, Thomas E. Lehman 3d, Lundy Wright, William. Brewster, Bur¬ gess William I. Martin, Dr. W, H. Fleck and Dr. R. W. Decker.
traordinery reaaon nor wider- take in tha nama of raat, long and costly pleaaur* trips.
The Pope called on priests to dedicate themselves "abow all' to spiritual contemplation.
20 Nuns    ^ Flee Fire
BRISTOL, Pa, (m —Twenty nuns fled from their blazing convent yesterday after an ar sonist threw an incendiary "Molotov cocktail" bomb into a ground-floor room.
The bomb exploded in the II
ginia's   elaborate   legal   barriers against school integration.
Arlington County is a major suburb of Washington. Appeal Likely
The school board was expect¬ ed to appeal the ruling oni g;rounds Virginia's anti-integra-| tion statutes have taken away from local boards the authority to accept or reject students.
Bryan acted after two days of hearings during which at¬ torneys for the National As¬ .sociation for the Advancement of Colored People asked him to enforce his 1956 ruling order¬ ing integration of Arlington schools.
Bryan niled that "submission the    pupil    placement
against     all     "imperialist     at¬ tempts."
—Syrian Foreign Minister Salah Bitar told newsmen he was in communication with Tur¬ key and understood that Tur¬ kish troop concentrations near the Syrian border were the re-
Truman Sees Middle East As Sironghold
Navy Moy Scrap $500,000,000 Job
WA.SHINGTON HP — The Navv   mav   scrap   its   Triton
tuided missile after spending 500,nnn,0on and nearlv seven years to develop it, a reliable source  said  yesterday.
The Triton, a l,20d-mile in¬ termediate range ram-jet. still is not perfected. By the time it could be readied for fleet u.se it would be outclassed by the much faster ballistic mis¬ siles now being developed.
If it is scrapped, economy will  be a  big  reason.
The Air Force made a simi¬ lar decision earlier in drop¬ ping its Navaho missile, after investing $680,000,000 and nearly 10 years in its develop¬ ment.
Kasper Silent On School Blast
I    Integration issue
Still Up to Court;
Await Developments
,    NEWPORT, R. 1. <lPi— Arkansas   Gov.   Orval   E. Faubus   met   with   Presi¬ dent    Kisenhower   yester¬ day    in    a    conference    during I which the governor was report¬ ed  to  have outlined a  compro¬ mise  plan  to  settle   the   Littia jRock  school   crisis  by  delaying I inte;;ration for a one-year cool- iing-off   period.
i President Ei.senhrvwer was isaid to have listened to Faubus" jplan without making any com- Imitments.
Statements General
There was no hint of a com¬ promise plan in the formal state¬ ments issued by Faubus and the President after they talked alone for 20 minutes and in the com¬ pany of their advisers for about two hours more.
Faubus pledged he would abide by the U, S. Constitution and bv inv "valid" court orders. Fisenhower also issued a statement, equally brief. In which he said Faubus stated his intention to carry out the orders of the federal court gov¬ erning the Little Rock crisis. Ike Is 'Gratified'
"I recnnnize the inescapable responsibility resting upon the .sovernor to preserve law and order in his state." Eisenhower isaid, "! am gratified bv hi* constructive and cooperative at¬ titude at our meeting I have assured the governor of the co¬ operation of federal officials "
Faubus flew here from Little Rock, two days after asking Eisenhower to meed with him .ibout the crisis that has raised tempers and brought an order ¦for the governor to appear in jfederal court Sept. '20 to contest a proposed injunction against ¦him.
When   Democrat   Faubus   en- red   fhe   meeting   he   was   re-
NEW YORK (IP—Former Pres¬ ident Harry S, Truman predicted yg'^;ia,st night that the Middle East
Russian Jet Reaches U.S.
Racist Connected With Dynamite Cache
XTAorrtrrtT r^   t /im ported  "readv to go fo jail"  if
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (IPJ ^ solution could not be found,
—John Kasper refu.sed to pfe left  smiling and  rushed  tn
answer    police    que.stions his  hotel  to prepare his stale-
yesterday about the dy na-1 "'^.n^;,^   ,^^^„   ^^^   p^„,^^„t
said, beaming, "and I hope thii all works out." -,      ,       t,       lOecms Trip Worthwhile
.4    ,r I**."?'"   "°"^'    Then, ne.irly four hours later,
said officers sought to t|iieslion y^,,^^„^ ¦^^^^,pi his statement Kasper at the county jail about     ..-j-,,g president and I have had the best lead yet" in the dyna- ^ fppnjiy and constructive dis- mitin,-^   of   the   Mattie   Cotton Hussion of the problem of com- school. 'pliance   with   court   orders   re-
yUf, lnn.4 ...n.. f,.-... t.U njl *..,     ¦
mi ting becau.se present. Police
his    lawyer   was   not
Chief
lead
of
35.000,000 persons prepared  toi?,^™^^'^"^.,, .„„,. vote today in general Sections "* *'"' "fxle"'' that could decide the fate of the Western alliance. The elections, third in the his-
.., i«m/«.,nf. riJi,v>f  ,» .,. ..._f ._:WOuId emerge eventua ly as one tj a c n Wlth|?'"l"r;.*.a'"l?!.L*5.."".«"-rA,*^of  the  world's   great  economic! ^ASL
McGUlRK N. .1.. sian
was   furnished   by^pppjipg   ,he   high    schools Charles   Reod,   identified   as   an [ j,f|p  Rixk,"  he .said associate   of   Kasper.   Reed  toldj ' "When I assure the President, officers he and Kasper hid some g^  |  have already done, that  I dvnamite   in   "an   old   hou.se"; ^xjject  to  accept   the  decisions Solution Closer ^of  the   courts,   I   entertain   the
Hosse   said   the   information!hope   that   the   Department   of AFR FORCE '""¦"'¦^^'"^  '''''  '^'"'"'^  brought  po- Justice and the ft»deral jujdiciary
(IP) A  Riis   li'P "fl"'"^''	
sepreffated    nchool ","'    '"^   waria s   greai   ctunumn.;   . .¦ ,• ^,"   " ''    idynamitinp,
segregatea^^scnooi.^l^^^j^j^^j^^ljj |s,j,n  ,p^ airliiirr, the same^    The .school was one of seven duties
be reauired" to sign placement'    TruTia"   said   '"   ""   address plane   (hat    pioneered   jet'in which First grade integration
forms jbefore the 60th annual conven- pas.senger travel across the At- started   last   week.   One   Negro
The   decision   was   the   first'*'®" "^ ^^^ Zionist Organization lantic  10 davs ago. landed here entered Hattie Cotton on Sept. 9
test of the controversial law in "'^ America that Turkey has be- last   night   with   .Snviet   Foreifn and that night the building was
tory of the Bonn Republic, alsoja case in which a Negro student "^^""^  "   surplus   wheat-growing Minister   Andrei   Gromyko   and wrecked by a dynamite blast.
will determine whether 81-year- had   filled   out   the   placement'*^''""'''^   ^''•"   *^"®   *'"   ^^   '"^ "'^er   members   of   the" l^ussian'    Eleven   Neuroes   were  attend-
forms and then been denied !'d-|P'""L^''"'" P'"°Kram he proposed delegation to next week's Unitediing school with whites yesterday
m  1949. Nations meeting Iwhen the first week of integra-
"The establishment of an ag-^    The tourist  -  cla.ss Til -   104'tion ended, ncultural   haven   in   the   Tigris swept-wing     jet.    carrying    51 and    Euphrates    valleys,    with ' '   "
mission to a white school. The law earlier had been declared unconstitutional in principle by a federal judge at Norfolk. Va., This ruling the state is appeal¬ ing to the U. S. Supretne Court.
brary of St. Anne's Convent and I government   warned   that   "the School, shattering windows and election  battle  has ahown
old Chancellor Konrad Adenauer continues to lead Germany on a pro-Western course for the next four years. NATO an Itwe
Adenauer, in an election eve ap¬ peal to the nation, warned that the anti-rearmament Socialists have threatened to pull West Germany out of NATO.
"It is In your hands to save us from the fate of Hungary." the veteran statesman said in his bid for victory over the Socialist! O.. AJaW lOditt'm forces led by his chief opponent.-¦•7 IFi 10"ITQW S Erich Ollenhauer. i    ,_. ,,,-„^ ^,.,„   .,   ,   _
A   statement   by   Adenauer's!,   ATLA^mc CITY, N. J.  (IP-
to a solution of the.^yin act with understanding and I patience   in   discharging   their
At a news conference after his meeting, Faubus would not comment on any compromise proposals. It was learned, however, that Faubus did offer a compromise that would in¬ clude suspension of federal (Continued on Page 2. Sec   1)
Nuclear Task Force Forecast
filling the upper floort with smoke. The 20 Sisters of the Holy Trinity fled the building and no one was injured.
Firemen put out the fire ht a matter of minutes but discovered a second gasoline-filled bottle still uneitploded near the source of the fire.
Aerial Mystery
CAA Joins Pennsylvania Probe Of Cakes of Ice From ihe Sky
WASHINGTON W — The Civil Aeronautics Administra¬ tion at Washington is inves¬ tigating the mysterious cakes of ice which have been falling from the sky in Eastern Penn¬ sylvania.
The CAA issued an appeal to all persons who might come into possession of falling ice to save the pieces in their re¬ frigerators for CAA experts to examine them.
The administration ordered an investigation into the strange bombardment because somebody on the ground might be injured or an air¬ plane might be damaged if it collides with flying ice aloft.
In the past two months, there have been at least six report* of large chuoka of ica
plummeting into the ground In Eastern Pennsylvania, The first two were reported in the Reading area in late July and early August, another came from Shamokin on Aug. 14, another fell into a creamery near Camp Hill oa Aug. 27, one struck at Chester In Dela¬ ware County last Sunday, tnd a North Philadelphia factory was struck by a chunk of ice la.st Thursday night.
The most common theory on the origin of the ice is that it comes from formations of ice on the wings of airplanes fly¬ ing overhead. The CAA has no theory on the Eastern Pennsylvania happenings but said it has recorded four cases in which ice falling from tha t^y was traced to plaoea.
The   Navy's   chief   atomic   sub- j,   I marine   expert   said   yesterday
German  people  that  this  is aj**" ^"''^ ^^*^^ ^*" *'*^* '^«
jet.    carrying
including   three   U.   S.!
¦» Ju    X,-, J ..u ., airmen, stre^iked in from a ereyl
of the Nile, and the immense oil ^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ this Air'
proper control and development
persons
'first   nuclear   task   force.
com- car- „ ..   .. J ^.     , .riers, by the "mid ISfiOs.
Both Adenauer and Ollenhauerj    Rear Adm. Hyman G. Rickover,
fateful struggle for the nation's 'J"   frnm   cnKm^Hn..  t« very life in peace and freedom."^P'^**  ^'""^   submarines  to
resources of Iran and Arabia, would make this Middle East area an agricultural and indus¬ trial dreamland," Truman said.
"Sometime this will be done, and there will be peace in this great area," he said. "It will be a source of satisfaction to the Greeks. Turks. Arabs and Jews, as well as to the Egyptians."
19ih Explosion Ai Nevada Siie
called for massive turn-outs ofl chief voters In today's polling.
of   the   Naval    Reactors
Force base 70 miles from New York City at 6:17 P.M. (EDT) The plane left Moscow at 11:16 P.M. (EDT) Friday. It will leave on its return flight on Tuesday.
Gromyko said in a prepared statement that the rwramounf problem facing the forthcoming session of fhe U. N. General As¬ sembly  was  disarmament.
"There's every possibility to move forward in th» settlement of this problem nght now if all parties show the proper desire," he said.
She Wouldn't Trade
Race Haired Worst Than Cancer, Woman Sufferer Tells Readers
Next Week
Tips on Taking Home Movies
Do you make your own home movies? . . , Would you like to?
In either case, you will want to read the new feature, "Shooting Home Movies," by Bob Knight, which will start next week in the Sunday Independent.
Suited for beginners as well as more experienced operators of motion picture cameras, the eoluma of Mr. KfMgbt will eoiver the whole endeawor, from the original purchase oi equipment, with tips on prices, through the actual taking of pictures of all sorts and kinds.
Nothing is more wonderful. In later years, than the movies of the family you take now. Make them the best possible. Watch for the column, "Mak¬ ing Home Movies." starting next week Id «ha Sunday IwWiwvfaiiiif.
Phone Pact
ATOMIC TEST SITE. Nev. (IPI
Scientists yesterday exploded Branch of the Atomic Energyjthe 19th nuclear device in the Commission,   said   the   achieve-! 1957  atomic series in a  hurry-
ment would mean  that a tech-1up effort to complete the tests; ¦ m^ m m
nological   and   military   revolu-:before the end of Summer.        i#C    K^OCn^O tion.  which   in  the  past  would;    The    AEC     juggled     people,;¦»    ¦m^**%»»W^»« have   tak<en   almost   a   century, weather   and   atomic   brmibs   to:    .,_„,  ,,_„,,   ~.    .,      .   . will be completed in a deoede.  Ifire   a   device   called   "Fireau"     Nf^W  YORK   (IP--NeBOtiators Speaking before the Naval Af- from atop a .500-foot steel tower!reached agreeirient last "'?"«'"]
fairs Committee of the Americaniat   Yucca   Flat   after  cancelling
a new contract between the Belli
Legion, Rickover said it would detonation of a bomb, dubbed; J^'^Pl^on^ .'^'""¦aj"'''^"'""'' "1* be more economical to arm aj-'Whitney," just six minutes be-i^"'^":'""'"^'^*'^"' W o r k e r s of fleet of submarines with nyclearlfore the scheduled shot time.      i"'!!^'""^^-   , .
missiles than to set up a net-! The blast of "Fizeau" ripped. The settlement was announced work of missile bases on land,  jthe desert floor and sky at 9:30|ff bargaining teams worked  m
He said the nuclear-powered sub, equipped with missiles able to smash targets L.'iOO miles away, would become "an under¬ water satellite."
A.  M.  with  a  wallop equal "to!sfPai'ate contract tallts to head
10,000 tons of TNT,  sending a
off a nationwide strike of tele-
barbell-like  and   salmon-colored! P*^""*  equipment  installers set
cloud rising 25,000 feet into thej'"'" ^ A. M. Monday.
sky.
INSIDE THE INDEPENDENT
Section Page! Amusement  Three 10-11'
Around the Town..Three
Better Bngiish Two
City Hall Naws ....Five
Classified  ..,.Six
Countv News Five
Crossword Puzzle.. .Sin
Drew Pearson .Thtea
Editorial Three
Frank Tripp Threa
Homa ot tho Week Six
7 8 6 1-5 7 2 6
e
7
Section Page
House Doctor Six 4
How Can 1 ???....Four 4
Look and Leam ... One 10
Obituary One 8
Politics Three 6
Radio Three 9
Robert C. Ruark ...Three 7|
State Capital Five 14!
State News Five 15
Sports Three 1-5
TV  Threa 9-10
1-9
S| WMBSB's SaetiOB .. Fouv
Valley Scenes
Twi lot ntlrndinc} moun nl St.. Mnry's Churrk fnr th' first timr. villi her parerttn repratfdln ailiixinn hrr moth¬ er thnt "thf ninnx (jiritst) pdticonl is showing."
Teacher eotvprlleti tn rlin- mixs fir*t grnde hofi the fimt day of school sn he could tak* hin pet dog home—its mourn¬ ful erien in. front of the srhnnl having upstt the whole n«igh- botju)od in th* Htighta,
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A woman suffering from cancer has accused her townspeople of harboring "a malignancy worse than my cancer" and said she "wouldn't swap."
Miss Elizabeth Burrow, wnt- ing in the weekly "Ozark Spectator" of which she is half owner, .said discourtesies to two Negro giris who were enrolled last week in previ¬ ously all-white Ozark High ."School had put "another kind of lump in my throat."
Ozark. 100 miles northwest of the capital here, has a pop¬ ulation of 1,700, with very few Negroes. Its high school was integrated last week along with schools in Van Biiren and Fort Smith, Ark. There has been no violence, but some unpleasantness. Change to Funny Color
Miss Burrow, whose family has owned the Ozark Weekly since 1911, is recuperating from an operation attempting to check cancer.
Following are excerpts from her page one column, "The Last Straw:"
"There's been another kind of lump in my throat lately.
"Some people have nothing in the worid to be proud of but their white skin. It seems a queer thing to be proud of, since they didn't make it white, them.selves. And being in my condition, it's easier to remember what funny colors white skin turns after it is in the grave for awhile. Nothing prettv about it.
"I know. too. there are peo¬ ple who are failures in life. Tbey'va been hurt and 8carre<Y
in different ways, and H makes them abuse people they consider beneath themselves. They do it to relieve their feelings the way some people kick a chair when they get mad." "There are poor people, too, in economic competition with Negroes for too-few jobs. Sometimes they're called 'poor white trash' and sometimea thev vent hatred Have Black Hearts
"And all too frequently white people have black hearts. I first learned ttiat in school here in Ozark, where a few town kids used to pick on the country kids
"This newspaper printed tn its most conspicuous p4ace a story about a school board meeting to discu.ss integration. The public was invited. "Not one person came. "Yet a few of you are now yipping like mad dogs
"Is it to lend support to Governor Faubus? Instead, you are hurting his argument. He is using the example of Ozark's peacefulness to hol¬ ster his own contention that Little Rock posed a different problem.
"Certainly our Negro popu¬ lation IS too small ever to pr»- sent a problem, and our inte¬ gration is not noble. It's sim¬ piv horse-sense
"And aren't you big, bravo people.
"Of course the two little colored giris will make it all right But the worr\' is o%-er our own conscience. Will we white people make it all right. "Here's a malignancy worse than mv cancer and I wouldn't ewap with you."      ^